...because God knows you need some satisfaction in life besides shagging Captain Cardboard! And I never really liked you anyway. And you have stupid hair!

Spike ,'Selfless'


Natter 69: Practically names itself.  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


Gudanov - Feb 17, 2012 9:25:13 am PST #22528 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping

I would not mind having a self-driving car. I wouldn't be surprised if you have to agree to waiver into order to turn off the self-driving feature.

I have to admit I haven't been paying a lot of attention to politics lately, but I'm having a hard time seeing Obama losing unless the economy reverses course and nosedives. Unfortunately, I like Obama the candidate a whole lot better than Obama the president.


msbelle - Feb 17, 2012 9:25:18 am PST #22529 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

mood journals have never work for mac for actually expressing feeling of any upsetting situation. He would rather walk across broken glass on his lips than write.

A huge step for us was getting him to identify what is making him angry: teasing?, not getting his way?, being reprimanded?, the whole day? Because for a long time, he couldn't even do that and his mad was just at everything.


Burrell - Feb 17, 2012 9:33:15 am PST #22530 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

Parenting is even harder I think when your kid is the bully as when s/he's the one being bullied, because the responsibility for the bullied falls on your child and you.

I've been in both positions now, and yeah, parent of the bully is hard. Because he doesn't yet see how his actions affect other people and their perceptions of him. I think he just gets overwhelmed by his feelings, but... grabbing people by the neck is just NOT OKAY.

A huge step for us was getting him to identify what is making him angry: teasing?, not getting his way?, being reprimanded?, the whole day?

Yeah, that makes sense. That's something concrete we can work on.


Tom Scola - Feb 17, 2012 9:35:41 am PST #22531 of 30001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

Antibiotics won’t cure sinus infections

The antibiotics that doctors prescribe for sinus infections do not reduce symptoms any better than a placebo.


Consuela - Feb 17, 2012 9:36:57 am PST #22532 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

The antibiotics that doctors prescribe for sinus infections do not reduce symptoms any better than a placebo.

Well, yeah. Most sinus infections are not bacterial, according to the Mayo Clinic website.

Which is why I'm on steroids.


§ ita § - Feb 17, 2012 9:42:30 am PST #22533 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Hey! I resemble that remark!

It's not your *actual* name. Mine would have my *actual* name in it, and everyone would know it was my car. Only people who know one side of you can recognise you from your plate.

Come back to me when your plate is P_____ *_______ (no, the spaces don't match up to anything, at least not on purpose).

Is it CAS/ITA! you want for your plate, ita !? It is, isn't it?

I obviously need a better ship portmanteau name.


msbelle - Feb 17, 2012 9:45:12 am PST #22534 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

Burrell, has he had the experience of a kid telling him that they "do not want to be his friend anymore"? I am not sure mac got how serious the consequences could be until he was kicked out of afterschool programs thus losing playtime with his friends. As it is now, he realizes that because of behavior he cannot play at one friend's house (he never misbehaved there, but the parent heard about a flailing screaming meltdown at school) and we can't really consider vacations.


meara - Feb 17, 2012 9:49:12 am PST #22535 of 30001

I obviously need a better ship portmanteau name.

Y'know, while looking for places to stay on vacation, I did see a "Casita Serenada". So maybe it's FATE!


Jesse - Feb 17, 2012 9:49:17 am PST #22536 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Arthur has a ton of episodes on various social issues, and a lot of resources online as well. Too bad the website is terrible! Here's their list of Social and Emotional Development resources, abut it doesn't actually link to the programs: [link] Episodes and clips are here: [link]


hippocampus - Feb 17, 2012 9:52:32 am PST #22537 of 30001
not your mom's socks.

Well, yeah. Most sinus infections are not bacterial, according to the Mayo Clinic website.

But when they are, and docs talk you out of meds, you are me. I love my ENT and his anti-Bs. I think part of the reason it took so long to kick this was the original doc's "let's just watch and wait" stance. Crap set up camp and sent out invites.